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How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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"A 1954 classic that continues to dispel false beliefs and inform the statistically naive. Huff's direct and witty style exposes how advertisers, government and the media mislead their audiences through the misuse of statistics. Huff then explains how the reader can see through the smoke and mirrors to get to the real meaning ? if any ? of what is presented." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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"This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining, highly readable manner." Management Review

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"A pleasantly subversive little book, guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic." The Atlantic

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"Illustrator and author pool their considerable talents to provide light lively reading and cartoons which will entertain, really inform, and take the wind out of many an overblown statistical sail." Library Journal

Synopsis:

Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform.

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Mr. Huff's lively, human-interest treatment of the dry-as-bones subject of statistics is a timely tonic. . . . This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining and highly readable manner.Illustrator and author pool their considerable talents to provide light lively reading and cartoon far which will entertain, really inform, and take the wind out of many an overblown statistical sail.A pleasantly subversive little book, Guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic.
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About the Author

Darrell Huff lives in Carmel, California.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393310726
Author:
Geis, Irving
Author:
Geis, Irving
Author:
Huff, D.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Mathematics
Subject:
Statistics
Subject:
Probability & Statistics - General
Subject:
Mathematics | Probability and Statistics
Copyright:
1954
Series Volume:
[no. 27]
Publication Date:
19931031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
8.30x5.58x.37 in. .30 lbs.
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Product details 144 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393310726 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A 1954 classic that continues to dispel false beliefs and inform the statistically naive. Huff's direct and witty style exposes how advertisers, government and the media mislead their audiences through the misuse of statistics. Huff then explains how the reader can see through the smoke and mirrors to get to the real meaning ? if any ? of what is presented."
"Review" by , "This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining, highly readable manner."
"Review" by , "A pleasantly subversive little book, guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic."
"Review" by , "Illustrator and author pool their considerable talents to provide light lively reading and cartoons which will entertain, really inform, and take the wind out of many an overblown statistical sail."
"Synopsis" by , Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform.
"Synopsis" by , Mr. Huff's lively, human-interest treatment of the dry-as-bones subject of statistics is a timely tonic. . . . This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining and highly readable manner.Illustrator and author pool their considerable talents to provide light lively reading and cartoon far which will entertain, really inform, and take the wind out of many an overblown statistical sail.A pleasantly subversive little book, Guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic.
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